Saturday, June 16, 2012

Easter Sunday 2012

We hosted Easter this year, unlike the previous hosting where we attempted lamb kabobs, saffron rice and blackberry cheesecake, I went a little lowball and served sandwiches and had the other women in the family bring their delicious treats like my mom's tortellini salad and my sister-in-law's spinach/strawberry salad. I can't remember what my mother-in-love brought...sorry Mom :) My girls napped after a nice stroller ride (we skipped church!-sssshhhh! we recently left our church of the last 4.5 years). Holiday services at church rank about as engaging as nascar for me, so I asked if we could enjoy a stressless walk before hosting all the family over.
Between me, my sister, my mil, and Tim's aunt, I think we had about 200 eggs for 6 kids 6 and under. Some that I tossed into the Lantana are now a permanent fixture.

Madeleine went first as she is the youngest, Grace was still napping:

Easter Eggs...YES!

After little G woke up, we attempted a photo. This is the best one:

An Easter Egg from Nani (with a Hello Kitty swimsuit inside!):

Gooey finally warms up to the party:

Cousin-time:

And after that fun little exercise, Unky Lex and Miss Leigh showed up just in time to sing us Baby Beluga and the Chicken song:

Gracen really liked Miss Leigh:

Gracie also delighted her great grammy with a little hide and seek!

What a wonderful way to celebrate the Risen Lord-family, food, song and candy!
"Oh taste and see, that the LORD is good; how blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him" Psalm 34:8
Love, Lauren

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Did You Know...

Our biggest dream came true when we married in November 2007. We thank God for His power and grace in our lives to orchestrate our wedding. For the most part, we truly live in wedded bliss at home, "Knoview", tenderly caring for each other; ours was a match made in heaven. We share a passion for the Lord Jesus Christ, our children, the outdoors, reading, making each other laugh and growing together in our marriage. Tim is goofy, intuitive, thoughtful and loves cars. He also enjoys cookies, guns, snuggling, swimming, maps and Google traffic. Lauren is serious, forgetful, talkative and loves reading. Lauren likes running, singing, organizing, DIY blogs and Candy Cane Joe-Joe's. We both disdain horror movies, raw tomatoes, animal fur on the carpet and slow internet speed. We made a baby Bergon and named her Madeleine Jael. Madeleine likes pedaling her big wheel, her Lamby, reading & asking lots of questions, making jokes and is a sweet-hearted intelligent big sister. Then, we made another baby and named her Gracen November. Gracen loves cottage cheese & applesauce, her Daisy-doll, following her sister in imitation, reading, laughing and captives all within two inches of her lovely dimples. Then, we made another baby and named him Luke Henry. Luke loves milk and taking a nice afternoon nap in his swing. We all want more time together, to grow in our knowledge of Jesus, gas prices to go down, wide open space to run and play, and another baby or two.